[R] choosing of CPU's to run R

[Peter Dalgaard]

Patrick Burns wrote:

> My newest machines are extremely
> fast at doing:
>    sum(rnorm(1e6))
> relative to my older machines.
> But they are not so much faster at
> doing the work that I actually
> want done.

...like finishing your next book and that sort of stuff? ;-)

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